Hi all,
Just looking for some advice on eye care / dressing. Our girl is very ill at the moment with head tilt and confined to a small padded cage with rolled towels for support, as she's unable to move without rolling over.
Today when administering meds and attending to personal care we noticed that her right eye which is on the tilted side and so rubbing on the rolled towel constantly is very inflamed, with the eye rolled down and eye lid flipped. Looks so sore. We treated with several drops of lubricating jelly, but it is going to be very difficult to do consistently being on the tilted side, as it's not reachable when back in her cage.
As such i was considering whether it might be best to cover with some kind of dressing for a while to stop it from rubbing further and allow it to heal. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience of doing this and could offer some tips?
Thanks,
Damien
Just looking for some advice on eye care / dressing. Our girl is very ill at the moment with head tilt and confined to a small padded cage with rolled towels for support, as she's unable to move without rolling over.
Today when administering meds and attending to personal care we noticed that her right eye which is on the tilted side and so rubbing on the rolled towel constantly is very inflamed, with the eye rolled down and eye lid flipped. Looks so sore. We treated with several drops of lubricating jelly, but it is going to be very difficult to do consistently being on the tilted side, as it's not reachable when back in her cage.
As such i was considering whether it might be best to cover with some kind of dressing for a while to stop it from rubbing further and allow it to heal. I was just wondering if anyone has any experience of doing this and could offer some tips?
Thanks,
Damien